Hand-portable pumping apparatus.



P. BLISS. HAND PORTABLE PUMPING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 19 1912.

Patented July 21,1914,

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U B M R m. UJ T f A Wm M HENRY P. BLISS, or MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, AssIeNoa'ro w. a B. noUeLAs, 0F MDJDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HANn-roa'rAB nE Puii/ riNe APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed September 19, 1912. Serial No. 721,220.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY P. Buss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand- Portable Pumping Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a double hand-portable apparatus for use in spraying trees, in extinguishing fires and for other and similar purposes, the particular object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which can be easily carried by two operatives, and is so arranged that one of the operatives can pump while carrying his share of the load, and the other operative direct the stream while carrying his share of the load. In other words, to provide a device which can be carried about through a grove o1 orchard, or along the line of a forest fire and used while being carried.

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, and Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view.

Referring to the drawings a denotes a tank or can which can be made in various sizes, the essential thing being it shall not be so heavy that when filled it cannot be readily carried by the men.

Z) is a dished cover fitting down in the top of the can, provided with a strainer 0, making a convenient and easy way of filling the tank and keeping out material which might clog the pump.

(Z d represent parts of a two piece hoop which encircles the can near the top, these hoops having the correspondingly arranged ears 6 6 between which the ends of the handles f f are located, the handles being held in position and the hoops drawn together to bind the cover into the can, by any convenient means as the screws 9 g.

71. is the pump secured at its foot to the bottom of the can, the cover being apertured to fit down over the pump barrel.

h is a nipple at the top of the pump to permit of the attachment of a hose.

6 denotes the piston rod of the pump, and

j the operating handle of the lever 71 fulcrumed at one end on the bracket 7", secured to the side of the tank, throughthe link k, and attached to the piston rod at Z, the pump lever and handle extending across the top of the tank at an angle to the line of the carrying handles which are oppositely disposed, in order to bring the pump handle into a convenient position for use by the operative, while at the same time he is grasping with the other hand one of. the carrying handles. The outlet nipple on the pump barrel to which the hose is attached is preferably at the opposite side of the pump from the pump handle, so that the hose nozzle m can be conveniently manipulated by the other operative without interfering with the action of the pump. A rod is attached to the pump lever and extends down through the cover into the can and is provided at its lower end with a stirring blade; this blade is moved up and down by the action of the pump lever and stirs up the contents of the can. This is particularly useful when a solution is being used for spraying trees.

The carrying handles are provided with the laterally-extending lugs n a which bear against the underside of the ears 6 e, and

when not in use, the handles can be folded down against the sides of the tank. This is convenient in transporting and storing the apparatus. These carrying handles when raised, extend quite a distance from the can, which facilitates the handling of the apparatus and the simultaneous use of the pump handle and the nozzle.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the character described, a tank, a pump mounted therein, a cuppedcover fitting into the top of the tank and apertured to receive said pump, a strainer arranged in said cover, a two part hoop surrounding said tank near its top, means for drawing the ends of the parts of said hoop together to clamp the cover in the tank, rigid carrying handles pivotally secured between the ends of the parts of said hoop, stops on said handles to engage said hoop to prevent said handles being raised above a horizontal position, a pump lever secured to the piston rod and extending across the top of the tank at an angle to the carrying hanprovided With a nozzle in operative relation dles With 1the pump hantdle sax-ranged inhopto the other carrying handle.

erative re ation to one 0 sai carrying an dles, a bracket secured to the Wall of the HENRY BLISS tank, a link connecting said bracket with the WVitnesses:

end of said pump lever, an attachment nip- FRED E. GIBBONS,

ple on said pump, and a hose secured thereto JULIA T. DONAHOE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

